Kevin Healey

{{short description|American soccer coach}}

{{distinguish|Kevin Healey (autism activist)}}

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| birth_place = United States

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| youthyears1 = 1974–1977

| youthclubs1 = Loyola Greyhounds

| manageryears1 = 1993–1998

| managerclubs1 = Baltimore Bays

| manageryears2 = 1998–2002

| managerclubs2 = Baltimore Blast

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Kevin Healey is an American soccer coach who took the Baltimore Bays to three USISL indoor championships.

Healey grew up in Dundalk, Maryland and graduated from Calvert Hall College High School. He attended Loyola University Maryland, playing on the school's 1976 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship team. After graduation, Healey entered the banking industry, eventually becoming the vice president of Provident Bank of Maryland. He also coached youth soccer with Dundalk Post 38. In 1986, Healey took the Dundalk Post 38 U-19 team to the regional championship. In 1990, he founded the Soccer Club of Baltimore.{{cite interview |interviewer=Dan Woog |author=John McHugh |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/8673/club-profile-soccer-club-of-baltimore.html |title=SoccerAmerica - Club Profile: Soccer Club of Baltimore |work=socceramerica.com |date=March 2, 2001 |accessdate=May 15, 2015}} In March 1991, he coached the Baltimore Hummers to a national open indoor championship.{{cite web |author=Bill Free |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/03/10/baltimore-defeats-san-diego-thats-hummers-not-blast/ |title=Baltimore defeats San Diego-- that's Hummers, not Blast |work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun |date=March 10, 1991 |access-date=May 15, 2015}} In January 1993, the newly established Baltimore Bays of the USISL hired Healey for its upcoming outdoor season.{{cite web |author=Bill Free |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/01/21/bays-healey-goes-about-business-of-winning/ |title=Bays' Healey goes about business of winning |work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun |date=January 21, 1994 |access-date=May 15, 2015}} Over the next five years, Healey coached the Bays to three indoor championships (1996–1998) and was a three time Coach of the Year. In 1998, the Baltimore Blast of the National Professional Soccer League hired Healey as both head coach and general manager. Healey coached the Blast until 2002 compiling an 85–83 record. Healey continues to serve as general manager of the Blast. In 2007, the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Healey. In addition to his duties with the Blast, Healey also serves as president and coach of the Baltimore Bays youth club. The Bays were founded in 2002 as a merger of the Soccer Club of Baltimore, founded by Healey, and the Baltimore Football Club.[http://www.baltimorebays.net/ABOUTUS/BOARDMEMBERS/index_E.html Baltimore Bays Soccer Club Board Members] baltimorebays.net. Retrieved May 15, 2015

Healey is the son of Francis Patrick Healey, a former professional player, coach and administrator who is a member of the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=USASA National Hall of Fame-2010 Class |url=http://www.marylandsoccer.com/info/usasahall.htm |publisher=Maryland State Soccer Association |accessdate=May 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019193857/http://marylandsoccer.com/info/usasahall.htm |archivedate=October 19, 2013 }} His son Pat Healey plays professionally.